Re: [BLUG] Tux 500

I bumped it up. http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl

On 5/9/07, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
>
> That's true. And its at the top of the firehose right now. Everyone
> please login to slashdot and bump the story up. I think there are
> enough people on BLUG that it could work.
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:35:12PM GMT, Matt Standish [mstandish@gmail.com] said the following:
> > Can't we use the firehose to bump a story up?
> >
> > On 5/9/07, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > See, its a cinderella type story. What is annoying is that tux500
> > >isn't getting any coverage on a site that would energize the Linux
> > >community into giving more money, like Slashdot. I actually wrote to
> > >Rob Malda to ask why he wouldn't run the story and he said that it
> > >didn't interest him. Sheesh.
> > >
> > >On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:50:49PM GMT, Scott Blaydes [sblaydes@sbce.org]
> > >said the following:
> > >> Okay, I don't know if I would have thought of getting Tux on a 500 car,
> > >> but the Indy Star has an article.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/BUSINESS/705090348
> > >>
> > >> And it has a sidebar of "What is Linux" so it seems to be getting the
> > >> some positive mention in mainstream press.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you,
> > >> Scott Blaydes
> > >>
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